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74 TRACKS EXPLORING THE EVOLUTION OF INDIE POP, FROM THE GLORIOUSLY AMBITIOUS PRODUCTIONS OF SOON-TO-BE HOUSEHOLD NAMES TO THE LO-FI SHOESTRING RECORDINGS OF UNDERGROUND MAINSTAYS. A COMPANION TO THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL ‘SCARED TO GET HAPPY’
FEATURING THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, THE TEARDROP EXPLODES, AZTEC CAMERA, EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL, PULP, SCRITTI POLITTI, PREFAB SPROUT, DEL AMITRI, VIC GODARD & THE SUBWAY SECT, WAH! HEAT, THE MONOCHROME SET AND COUNTLESS OTHER ICONIC ARTISTS.
INCLUDES MANY TRACKS NEVER BEFORE ISSUED ON CD AND RARITIES BY THE LIKES OF APRIL SHOWERS, THE WEE CHERUBS (WHO EVOLVED INTO THE BACHELOR PAD), THE CINEMATICS (SOON TO BECOME RAZORCUTS), MO-DETTES, THE PAGE BOYS (WHO EVOLVED INTO 1000 VIOLINS), PULP (AN EARLY B-SIDE), THE TWINSETS (FIRST PROPER RELEASE), THE RINGING (A JUNE BRIDES SPIN-OFF, MAKING THEIR DEBUT ON CD), AND THE SUEDE CROCODILES (THEIR SECOND SINGLE, UNISSUED AT THE TIME)
PRODUCED BY THE TEAM THAT BROUGHT YOU ‘SCARED TO GET HAPPY’, ‘STILL IN A DREAM’, ‘ANOTHER SPLASH OF COLOUR’, ‘REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT’, ‘LOSING TOUCH WITH MY MIND’, THE ‘C86’ SERIES AND COUNTLESS OTHER HIT COMPILATIONS AND BOX SETS.
‘The Sun Shines Here’ captures perfectly the moment indie pop emerged from the ashes of the post-punk years, bringing a brighter, more ambitious sound, and an enthused cross-section of British youth culture, into the spotlight. A must for lovers and collectors of independent music and admirers of the independent spirit that enabled it.
In 2013, Cherry Red released the widely acclaimed 5CD collection, ‘Scared To Get Happy’, documenting the evolution of independent pop across the ‘80s, from its roots in post-punk through the so-called C86 scene and beyond.
Eight years later, Cherry Red presents the sequel, ‘The Sun Shines Here’. Once again referencing a Hurrah! song, this 3CD set revisits and explores the birth of Indie Pop, a period when, in the early 1980s, as London centred around more angular, aggressive music, bands emerged from Scotland, Liverpool and Manchester drawing on the cooler end of ‘60s and ‘70s music to create something fresh and new.
Better Scream - WAH HEAT!
Read It In Books - THE TEARDROP EXPLODES
The Lonely Spy - LORI & THE CHAMELEONS
Love Song - SCARS
Mary Millington - THE DISCO ZOMBIES
Twist And Shout - MO-DETTES
Young Man (Seeks Interesting Job) - ITS IMMATERIAL
Freetime - MANICURED NOISE
Sweetie - THE CHEFS
Its Kinda Funny - JOSEF K
Its Obvious - AU PAIRS
Step Close Now - DOLLY MIXTURE
Stop That Girl - VIC GODARD & THE SUBWAY SECT
?Debbie Harrry - FAMILY FODDER ?
Mutilate - LUDUS
Go For Gold! - GIRLS AT OUR BEST!
Fanfare In The Garden - ESSENTIAL LOGIC
Ten Don'ts For Honeymooners - THE MONOCHROME SET
20th Century Composites - ART OBJECTS
Transit - THE LINES
Cake Shop Girl - JOWE HEAD
God Forbid - THE WILD SWANS
Insects - ALTERED IMAGES
Everybody's Somebody's Fool (Demo) - THE BLUEBELLS
Don't Let Your Son Grow Up To Be A Cowboy - THE JAZZATEERS
The Sweetest Girl - SCRITTI POLITTI
Inside Out - THE NIGHTINGALES
The View From Her Room - WEEKEND
On My Mind - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
Wait - BLUE ORCHIDS
Radio Love - PREFAB SPROUT
Here Come The Holidays - JONI DEE Featuring THE TIMES
Whatever Is He Like? - THE FARMERS BOYS
Just A Girl - THE PALE FOUNTAINS
Running Away - THE RAINCOATS
Crashing Down - THE GIFT
Simply Couldn't Care - TRACEY THORN
Hello Rascals - MICRODISNEY
Youll Never Never Know - DISLOCATION DANCE
Wouldn't You? - THE LAUGHING APPLE
Puffa Train - THE CINEMATICS
Sun Brings Smiles - IN EMBRACE
Involved With Love - THE DAINTEES
Chalk Circle - FIVE OR SIX
Hold Me - TRIXIES BIG RED MOTORBIKE
Big Sister (It's Probably Better) - THE GYMSLIPS
On Box Hill - BEN WATT
That Fink, Jazz-Me-Blues Boy - MARINE GIRLS
The Difference Is - DEL AMITRI
State Of Art - FRIENDS AGAIN
There Was... - PULP
I Want To Be With You - JANE AND BARTON
Got To Be There - SWALLOW TONGUE
Youre My Kind Of Girl - THE PAGE BOYS
Judy's Toy Box - THE JETSET
Hip Hip - HURRAH!
Fifty Years Of Fun - BIFF BANG POW!
In The Rain - THE JUNE BRIDES
In The Afternoon - THE REVOLVING PAINT DREAM
Tangled Up In Blue - THE BRILLIANT CORNERS
Bias Binding - YEAH YEAH NOH
Abandon Ship - APRIL SHOWERS
Sophisticated Boom Boom - THE TWINSETS
Jump - AZTEC CAMERA
Caprice - THE RINGING
Music To Watch Girls By - THE HIGSONS
Winter - THE LOFT
Ghost Of A Young Man - JASMINE MINKS
Waiting For My Man - THE WEE CHERUBS
I'm Used Now - GRAB GRAB THE HADDOCK
Million Tears - THE PASTELS
Crystal Clear - ST CHRISTOPHER
Paint Yourself A Rainbow - THE SUEDE CROCODILES
Upside Down - THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
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